Toxic smog turns New Delhi into a 'gas chamber'

Nov 11, 2017 | 2:57 PM

The current levels of air pollution in New Delhi are so severe, the capital's chief minister referred to the city as a 'gas chamber.' Thick smog blanketed the megacity of 20 million, with the deadly level of carcinogenic pollutants in the air roughly 10 times the reading in Beijing. The Indian Medical Association has appealed to the government to declare a 'public health emergency.'